History YMMV / LindaRonstadt

* SignatureSong: "You're No Good"

* BrokenBase: Opinions are divided on "Alison". Music/ElvisCostello himself has criticized her version of it and some hold the opinion that given its subject matter, the song works better with a male vocalist for reasons similar to why [[Music/DireStraits Mark Knopfler]] ultimately decided that "Music/PrivateDancer" needed [[Music/TinaTurner a female vocalist]].

* BrokenBase: Opinions are divided on "Alison". Music/ElvisCostello himself has criticized her version of it and some hold the opinion that given its subject matter, the song works better with a male vocalist for reasons similar to why [[Music/DireStraits Mark Knopfler]] ultimately decided that ''Music/PrivateDancer'' needed [[Music/TinaTurner a female vocalist]].

* BrokenBase: Opinions are divided on "Alison". Music/ElvisCostello himself has criticized her version of it and some hold the opinion that given its subject matter, the song works better with a male vocalist for reasons similar to why [[Music/DireStrats Mark Knopfler]] ultimately decided that ''Music/PrivateDancer'' needed [[Music/TinaTurner a female vocalist]].

* OvershadowedByControversy: Her concert tour in support of ''Get Closer'' eventually ran into this in 1983 when Ronstadt performed at Sun City in [[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra Apartheid South Africa]], breaking the cultural boycott.[[note]]Not helping matters was that the 1980s, under the P. W. Botha government, was when the system was its most brutal.[[/note]] This prompted a big backlash among both her peers and the press, which interpreted the move as Ronstadt expressing support for the Apartheid, though Ronstadt only believed that the arts should not be tied to any political considerations.
** As a result of this, having her as a collaborator further fueled the controversy that surrounded Music/PaulSimon's 1986 album ''Music/{{Graceland}}'', as opponents took her presence as evidence that Simon was thumbing his nose at the cultural boycott of South Africa. Nelson George of ''Billboard'' said her inclusion on Graceland was like "using gasoline to put out birthday candles"

** As a result of this, having her as a collaborator further fueled the controversy that surrounded Music/PaulSimon's 1986 album ''Music/{{Graceland}}'', as opponents took her presence as evidence that Simon was thumbing his nose as the cultural boycott of South Africa. Nelson George of ''Billboard'' said her inclusion on Graceland was like "using gasoline to put out birthday candles"

* VindicatedByHistory: Ronstadt's modern reception as a legacy artist - including being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - is much better than the mixed reception she received in the 1970s.
* WinBackTheCrowd: With her smash 1989 album ''Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind''.

** As a result of this, having her as a collaborator further fueled the controversy that surrounded Music/PaulSimon's 1986 album Music/{{Graceland}}, as opponents took her presence as evidence that Simon was thumbing his nose as the cultural boycott of South Africa. Nelson George of ''Billboard'' said her inclusion on Graceland was like "using gasoline to put out birthday candles"

* CoveredUp: Her version of "You're No Good" was the fourth to make the ''Billboard'' chart; the first was by Dee Dee Warwick ([[Music/DionneWarwick Dionne's sister]]) in 1963, but could only climb to #117. The next year {{Soul}} singer Betty Everett (#51) and [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion British Invasion]] band The Swinging Blue Jeans (#97) had minor hits with it. Ronstadt took it to #1 in 1975.

* CoveredUp: Her version of "You're No Good" was the fourth to make the ''Billboard'' chart; the first was by Dee Dee Warwick ([[Music/DionneWarwick Dionne's sister]] in 1963), but could only climb to #117. The next year {{Soul}} singer Betty Everett (#51) and [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion British Invasion]] band The Swinging Blue Jeans (#97) had minor hits with it. Ronstadt took it to #1 in 1975.

* CoveredUp: Her version of "You're No Good" was the fourth to make the ''Billboard'' chart; the first was by Dee Dee Warwick ([[Music/DionneWarwick Dionne's sister]] in 1963, but could only climb to #117. The next year {{Soul}} singer Betty Everett (#51) and [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion British Invasion]] band The Swinging Blue Jeans (#97) had minor hits with it. Ronstadt took it to #1 in 1975.

* BizarroEpisode: Averted. In 1967, Music/FrankZappa recorded an advertising jingle for [[http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/wiki/Remington_Electric_Razor the Remington Electric Razor]] featuring Ronstadt's singing. However, the company didn't like it and it was never used.

* {{Tearjerker}}: "Long Long Time":

* VindicatedByHistory: Ronstadt's modern reception as a legacy artist - including being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - is much better than the mixed reception she received in the 1970s.

* BizarroEpisode: Well, almost. In 1967, Zappa recorded an advertising jingle for [[http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/wiki/Remington_Electric_Razor the Remington Electric Razor]] featuring Ronstadt's singing. However, the company didn't like it and it was never used.